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Municipalities in the Greater Metropolitan Area, GAM, and government authorities at the National Institute of Housing and Urban Development, INVU, are debating the scope of a new land use plan,… Read more »

SAN JOSE – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Costa Rica has issued an official communication to the Embassy of Nicaragua complaining of an invasion by security forces to Isla… Read more »

Drivers in Costa Rica had no problems filling up on gasoline or diesel this morning, despite a strike and work stoppage in effect by fuel tankers. The Ministry of the… Read more »

This weekend in Guanacaste, Fuerza Publica officers from precincts in Liberia joined students from the local Night School in a special operation. About 1,500 members of the community walked with… Read more »

Individuals in Costa Rica who actively engage in underground dog fighting rings should face two years in prison, according to a legislative proposal recently introduced by Walter Cespedes, representative of… Read more »

When the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica passed a resolution approving the creation of a web site that published the mug shots and personal information of… Read more »

The men and women of the Tourism Police special unit of Fuerza Publica are sometimes called “Baywatch Cops” by their partners in blue. This is a playful tease that comes… Read more »

SAN JOSE – The National Assembly of Costa Rica has stalled the advancement of gay rights, according to statements made by the president of Sala Cuarta (Constitutional Hall), the country’s… Read more »

Two key members of President Laura Chinchilla‘s cabinet in Costa Rica are notable not only for their high-profile posts but also for their choice of hair grooming and styling. The… Read more »

As a legislator in the National Assembly of Costa Rica, Jose Maria Villalta from Frente Amplio (Broad Front) political party is entitled to a standard salary raise every six months…. Read more »

The Highway Security Council in Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: COSEVI) announced yesterday afternoon that a new vehicular technical and safety revision and inspection (RITEVE) will go into effect on June… Read more »

According to a recent report in La Prensa, a newspaper in Managua that usually takes a stance against the Daniel Ortega administration, the controversial highway construction project parallel to the… Read more »

Fuerza Publica officers assigned to the Northern Zone in Upala, working in conjunction with the Office of Judicial Investigations (OIJ), recently announced the recovery of four cows found in farm… Read more »

In Puerto Jimenez near Golfito this weekend, an alleged poacher traveling in a quadracyle all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was stopped by Fuerza Publica officers on route 245. The driver of the… Read more »

Sala Cuarta (Constitutional Hall), Costa Rica’s highest court, recently issued a unanimous vote on a decision that essentially orders the government to give protection and render assistance to single mothers…. Read more »

Alvaro Cedeno Molinari is the Ambassador of Costa Rica in Japan. He keeps a blog about Conflict Transformation, in which he discusses various topics centered on peaceful conflict resolution. He… Read more »

Everything was set for “Cannmbio”, a group that seeks the legalization of cultivation and personal use of marijuana in Costa Rica, to join in the 2012 Global Marijuana March in… Read more »

Cattle ranchers in Cartago have been finding the slaughtered remains of their prized animals strewn across the fields. Such was the case with Don Vernon Montero Lopez, a dairy farmer… Read more »

The Ministry of Public Safety in Costa Rica has recently been busy policing its own law enforcement agencies. From mass firings to investigations and from suspensions to arrests, the Ministry… Read more »

In tandem with the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, Costa Rica’s Ambassador to the United Nations signed the Freedom Online Declaration of the Joint Action for Free Expression on… Read more »